Karyn Parsons
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| Birth name | Karyn Parsons |
| Born | October 8, 1966 (age 40) Hollywood, California, USA |
| Spouse(s) | Alexandre Rockwell |
| Notable roles | Hillary Banks in The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air (TV) |
Karyn Parsons (born October 8, 1966) is an American actress.
Parsons was born in Los Angeles, California to an African American mother, Louise, and a White American father.[1] She attended Santa Monica High School.[2]
Parsons is known for her role as ditzy valley girl Hillary Banks on the sitcom The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, which ran from 1990 to 1996. She was cast to co-star in the sitcom Lush Life in 1996 which only lasted four episodes before it was cancelled.
Parsons has also appeared in such films as Class Act, Major Payne and The Ladies Man. She also starred in The Job with Denis Leary.
Parsons' current project is Sweet Blackberry, producing a line of DVD animated films about notable unsung African-American heroes. The first in the series is about Henry Box Brown, a slave who mailed himself to freedom.[3]
Parsons has been married to director Alexandre Rockwell since February 8, 2003 and they have one daughter together. She was previously married to Randy Brooks, with whom she has two sons, however they were divorced in the early '90s.
[edit] Footnotes
- ^ http://www.boston.com/yourlife/articles/2006/10/16/shore_leave/
- ^ http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/contributor/1800234162/bio
- ^ Maltais, Michelle (December 2005). Delivered from slavery, Henry Box Brown's daring journey to freedom is told on DVD.. Los Angeles Times. Retrieved on 2006-07-31.
